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CLOSE QUARTERS ; OR, THE HOUSE IN THE RUE BARBETTE CHAPTER XV.-<CoBt'd) She thought the sail would never climb up in time, but * it began to yield to the steady pull of the men it mounted more and more rapidly, and at .'/tst, feeling the in- fluence of a gr t' breeze blowing off the land, it shook out ita cum- brous folds and the number stood clearly revealed in huge white let- Mrs on the dark brown canvas. At first, in her eagerness, she could hardly discern it, save a big bit patience and prudence. More over, millords upstairs would be sure to recompense him for an en- forced vigil by a liberal pourboire. At last, when even the Canne- biere was empty, and when the lat- est cafe had closed ita doors and the final tramcar had wearily jugg- led ita way up the hill towards a distant suburb, the electric bell jangled a noisy summons to the front door. It produced the hall- porter and Fairholme with remark- able celerity. 'M" and an "R. "There!" cried Eugenie, bub- The Frenchman cautiously open- bling over with excitement. "There d the door and saw outside a muf- it is! 'M.R. 107,' Marseilles, No. fled up female who eagerly demand 107, you know. Jacques 1 Bon's Why, isn't that boat?" she de- manded from her companion. "Yes, it is," said Marie; "and there is Jacques by the tiller." himself standing Edith's eyes were now becoming accustomed to the night and the dancing water. "Where are the others!'' she aaid. "I cannot see them. There is no one standing on the deck but the sailors." "Oh, they have gone below, I ex-,, pect," said the practical Marie. "They will be in the way of the sails, you know. There is not much room for people who don't work on the deck of a small ship like that. Besides, they don't want to be aeen. If a customs officer or a har- bor official were to notice the boat now he would think that Le Bon was going out fishing for the night, ., , but he would be- sure to wonder i . Oh - really now, he ed admittance. He knew by her ac cent that she was not a Marseil laise, but the shawl that coveret her head and shoulders showed tha she belonged to the working class ee. "Whom do you wish to see a this hour?" he gruffly demanded. "I live here," said Edith. "'. came here to-night with my brothei from Paris. Please let me in a once.' In her excitement and breathless ness for she had hurried at top speed from the harbor Edith for got that the homely garment sh< adopted as a disguise effectually cloaked her from the recognition o the hall-porter as from all others Moreover, her French accen was too good. It deceived the man even more thoroughly than did the ACRES OF Pasture Land The Bovrl! Estates comprise over nine million acres of the finest pasture In Australia and more than four hundred thousand acres in the Argentine. A-i-ll lice theory was that this secret chamber proved a safe retreat for any person who desired complete seclusion other than that provided by the atuhorities. It is assumed," said the officer who communicated this bewildering information to Brett, "that the locked room contains a quantity of stolen goods. The police remain in charge of the cafe, and when the necessary workmen have been ob- tained this morning the door will be forced. We will at once let you know the resuh of our further in- vestigations." (To be continued.) the- off-chance of their services be- GBASS BAD FOR TREES. Stuut Them and Arrests All Health; Growth. At the Woburn experimental fruit ing required. Isn't it possible to farm * lon S inquiry has been con- ducted into the effect of grass on trees, and the experiment which have been carried out for~ the sub- stance of the thirteenth report of the farm, which has just been is- sued, says the London Daily Mai!. charter a steamboat and set off af- ter the smack?" "I do not think so," said Brett. "I imagine it would be wasted ef- fort. By this time the Belles Soe- urs is well out to sea. She will cer- tainly not show any light, and 1 1 ^ -^ g^^^SS personally feel that although there ( either by ^^ ae(K f Qr is perhaps, a thousand to one the turf after the trees ha chance we might fall in wuh her, it, plantd) is thf ^station Ui . will be far better for our purpose | hea i thy growth and the absolute ^ of to remain quietly here and await developments in Paris." shook his head dubiously. Brett stunting of the tree. A light and unhealthy character j imparted to the leaves is one of the "There is even a possibility that, first noticeable results of the action the Belles Soeurs will never be ; of grass upon trees. With trees seen again, and that her number that are, feeling the full effect of will long remain vacant on the ship- | grass the fruits are found ping register of Marseilles. How- i small and ill developed. ever, we shall see." to be "Then, Mr. Brett." put in Edith The variations in soil temperature are less when tha ground is grassed. shawl. 'this UUl m WVUIV* UTJ 0U1^ \-\J W\/U^**JA I t 1_ t 1 M what was happening if he caught ls for ^ughter A woman like you sight of a woman on board. Funny, | staying at the hotel. Be off, or I i.n'f i* " s>i ratrloH nn "th.ir. will call a gendarme. isn't it," she rattled on, "that Jacques should be called 'LeBon,' for he is the worst man in Mar- seilles ! They say that his ugly grin when he draws a knife would fright- en anybody !" CHAPTER XVI. When one o'clock came and Edith had not arrived, the three men waiting in the hotel made no further effort to conceal their anxiety. The impetuous Fairholme was eager to commence an immedi- ate search of Marseilles, but Brett steadily adhered to his resolution not to stir from their sitting-room until either Miss Talbot camo back in person or it became certain that she was detained by some other in- In his amazement at her demand he had not heard Fairholme' s ra- quietly, with a tired smile, "I sup-' and this * ! ne would be favorable pose we may go to bed ,'" i * tne growth of trees ; but this good "Most certainly, Miss Talbot. influence h outweighed by the dele- You have earned * your rest more tenous effects, than any of us to-night," he an- swered. He held up his hand to wish her good-night, but she demanded with ,.... ' UVIW r\bT O f wr- 9 ww wrw, _--> * j <*.<**.- i , some surprise, 'What are you ii>- HLAL THE THROAT AND LUNGH. ia CINT* ing to do i Surely you want some Cure THE \v k increasing enora;misly rN* A *ir%\ Can wc teU you DEMAND \ Reason Why? "A Trial Package will bring Enlightenment " II CEYLON TEAS "ARE DELICIOUS TEAS" LJO. HIKED OH MATHKAL SflCEM SEALEB PAMUAKS OHLY REFUSE SUBSTITUTES 01 DRUG HABIT GROWING. Becoming a Fashionable Indulgence In London Society. Alarmists assert we are living in time of peril, but, according to medical testimony, there is more in- poisons with a view to stamping oat the dangerous mania by rendering it n^xt to impossible for any on gave a medical man to obtain drugs. Almost every week a death occurs in some well-known family from an overdose of veronaJ or sulphonal, taken to procure sleep or steady the sidious danger lurking in society nerves. Yet there are no restrie- which has nothing at all to do with: tions on the sale ol these poisons the unrest in the labor world, or thej at the drug stores, wild doctrines of Socialists. The | peril lies in the growing habit of drug-taking, now fast becoming a fashionable indulgence among wo- men belonging to the "Upper Ten" in London, England. A FUTURE FINANCIER. A very nice young man was call- ing on his sister. To make thing* easy, he gave him a beautiful new ' ' Save Nowadavs a drug becomes the vogue in much the same wav a* a P e DV - S ^ Q ' .,? ve e **JS""fc and soon you will have a dollar. "I'll soon have a dollar!" re- new style of dressing the hair. The OUICKLV j pid approach behind him He was now swung unceremoniously out of | the way and the earl jumped for- ward to seize Edith in his arms. "My darling girl!'' he cried, fluence than rolition. her own unfettered With this view Talbot could not help concurring, so Fairholme had >to content himself by smoking many cigarettes and walking uneasily about the room. Sit down he could not, whilst any casual ring at the hotel door found him leaning over the balustrade of the inner court and listening intently for the first words of the new arrival. But the Englishmen were not the only persons in the hotel that night whose composure was disturbed. Their extraordinary behavior , caused uneasiness to the manager ! put in an appearance at the Cafe sleep "I will remain here," he said. "I have bribed the hall-porter t-o keep exhilarating quaJities of various poi- j sons are openly discussed, and re- 1 commendations to use this or that j narcotic are passed on with as much,' confidence as a doctor's prescrip- tion. Morphia retains the favorite place with wom<?n of the smart set, who are expert users of the hypo-'prmic syringe. Young- girls of the day are in constant dan per of acquiring the vicious habit. Mothers buoy up the flagging energies of their daughters at the fag-end of the season with _ some seductive drug. Quite, recent- COUOMO. cunts COLDS, ly a maid gave information to a young hu=bind which led him to dis- cover that his wife and a coterie of her friends visited each other with remarkable regularity for the pur- plied the boy, with great eager- ness. The young man smiled good-na> dug into his pocket, say- ing : "Well, just how much more do you need '' "Only ninety-nine cents." He soon had a dollar. ALMANAC STARTED IN 16S6. The oldest almanac in existence is the the telephone at any moment." Left to himself, Brett again :n- where have you been i We almost; terviewed the hall-porter and re- gave you up for lost. Where is your turned hat! Where did you get that he disposed himself tor a shawl?" And all the time he was| so f a . Like all men who which P O8e ^ indulging in morphia. u Gov I Such are the ravages that the ernment since 1686. savs the Lon-' dru S " a f i9 ^ ia in horae9 far don Chronicle. Its name ha* been removed from tl * pressure of pover ,,v t.im,., Hurin* tv that PMIlMieBt l - b ^ kpd * re- ' iy wiai raruamem; wi.i ae a^axi w where *-* $ t * tt % % a^ner.d the Act governing the s ale of the the - , ,0, > hugging her so fierce.y that it was faculty of concentrated thought, he absolutely impossible for her to say ; a i so cultivated the power of dis- t 1 Ail _. i V 1_ 1S05. a single word. At length she dis- engaged herself. At that instant Brett's voice was heard upon the stairs. He wanted the telephone again. Edith had rapidly detailed her adventures to her astonished audi- tors, and Brett seemed to resolve on some plan of action with the lightning rapidity peculiar to him. Owing to the late hour, he got jnal" in 1793, 'Imperial" in and reverted to its original nine years later. Since then . . liiiiinr luiic v-ja a i<i^i . k_-iuv^ Lii^tA mssing a perplexing problem from the titkl has bea altered four his mind until it became necessary times Like mogt publications of to consider it afresh in the light of : this Mrt the "Almanach National- further knowledge. Within five minutes he was sound At length he woke with a start. He was stiff with oo'.d, for ths fire had gone out, and the tiny gas jet he had left burning was not suf- ficient to warm the room. He through to Paris without much dif- | gpran g to his feet and looked at ficulty, and then he returned to the ; hi s wa tch. It was half-past six. sitting-room, where Edith was re- | "Surely," he cried, "there must hearsing in greater detail all that j have been a message from Paris had happened since she left them at , \ vng before this!" the hotel door. Brett explained to his companions the motives of his He ran downstairs, encountering on his way some of the hotel ser- vants, who even thus early had commenced work, for your indus- trious Frenchmen is no laggard in tion with his daughter. For this ] tne mo ming. Going to the hall- reason I did not wish the police to [ porter's office he found that func- second telephonic message. "I am convinced," he said." 'that Gros Jean is in communica- and those members of his staff who remained on duty. The facts dis- closed by the hall-porter were cer- tainly remarkable. Only one mem- ber of the party had behaved in a normal manner. Sir Hubert Fitz- soon after his arrival, went quietly to bed, but the hall-por- ter's report as to the conduct of the others was passing strange. One of them, to his surprise, had rung up the Prefecture of Police in Paris on the Telephone. The others were standing at the hotel door, gazing quietly enough at the passers-by, when suddenly about midnight much excitement rose amongst them. They conversed eagerly in their own tongue for a few moments, and the lady had rushed off down the street by her- self, whilst her two companions ran with equal precipitancy to join the third in the sitting room they had engaged, and there they were still seated in moody expectancy, apparently watching for some dra- matic event to happen. It was time that all good people were in bed. But it has hopeless to approach such lunatics with questions, for they were English, and no descent Frenchman QOttU possibly hope to understand thoir actions or motives. It was satis- factorily that hey could speak French well ; therefore the manager counselled the hall-porter to cxhi- Noir until to-morrow night, or ra- tiouary snoring peacefully. The poor fellow was evidently tired out. ther to-night, for we have long en- 1 an d twenty telephone bells might tered upon another day. I wished ' to have a reasonable- time for quiet inquiry at Marseilles before made- moiselle could be apprised of our presence here. Miss Talbot's re- markable discovery has, however, ; wholly changed my plans. Mile. ! ture'had endeavored to get through Beaucaire and her lover have set off for some unknown destination, and the best chance we have of discovering it is to secure the im- mediate arrest of h<?r father Pos- sibly, being taken by surprise at j as tired as he-." have jangled in his ears without waking him. So, for the third time, Brett rang up the exchange to get in touch with Paris. As he had anticipated, he- quickly learnt that the Prefee- to him about -1.30 a.m., but the op- erators wcro unable to obtain any answer. "I can hardly blame the man," said he to himself, "for I was just this hour of the morning some ilo- cumen may be found on him which The information ho received from the Prefecture was startling will reveal his daughter's ikstina- , enough. In accordance with his in tion. It occurs to me that she half ' structions. a number of detectives expected him to arrive by a late ' had raided tho Cabaret Xoir soon train. Again, when the fishing ; a f t <. r three o'clock. They found smack puts into port, the girl will; tne p] ace J n possession of a waiter probably adopt some method of ~ communication with him, and that communication must oome into our hands, not into his. So I have tele- phoned the police officials in Paris to raid tlie Cabaret Noir forthwith, and it is possible that they may re- port developments within the next two or three hours." "Is there no chance of your dis- covering the whereabouts of that fishing smack?" said Fairholme. "In what way !" demanded Brett. "Weil, this is a big port, you know, and there- are always tugs knocking about with steam up, on Children Often Need i5* purgtt*M tnjure th bowU aod pare the wy for Hfe-ionf traM*, Ttw new eracuanllo i doei the work most ifecttiMlr without L-i iUM.s the bowels or causing any dbcotofwt. Tbe children Itko t^em tor they ta)e Ilka sandy- Ona of tha most popular oi the N VPRU CO pr-?o.- il'on ZSu. . ke. If w incrM baa not r t Mntkwt.UMM. MJ 2fc aad V* will autkl thm. 20 and couple of feinalo servants. Gros Jean had quitted the house tho previous evening, and, most astounding fact of all, with him were three Turks. Xeither'the waiter nor the domes- tics could give any information whatever concerning the hidden room. They knew uf ita existence, but none Ol them had ever seen it. and the plow was generally regard eil as a sort of cellar f or the recep- tion of lumber. The police forced a padlock which guarded its trap-door, and found to their surprise that the plaee was much more spacious than they an- ticipated. It really contained two apartments, one of which was BO firmly secured that it had hitherto resisted all their efforts to open it. Th other was a sort of bed-sitting room, and it had recently been oc- cupied. From various indications they cam* to the conclusion that its latest tenants were Hussein-nl- Mulk and his eon'ederates. Judging from the facts that these gentry had quietly left the cafe in Gros Jeau's company about ha]f- past seven the previous evening, they were not in confinement against their will, hi fact, the po- has grown bulky with advancing years. The first issue contained forty-eight pages, as compared with 1,5SO pages in th ecurrcnt issue. BUSY ALL THE TIME. Little Howard came in the other day crying and rubbing several bumps, caused by a series of butts administered by a pet sheep. "Well. 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